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Archaeology or Exclusion? Brandon Shimoda on Saving a Japanese American WWII Monument

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Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Serviceberry

Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Serviceberry

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Beloved poet Nikki Giovanni has died at 81.

Beloved poet Nikki Giovanni has died at 81.

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UCLA’s new AI-designed literature course has the worst-looking textbook cover I’ve ever seen.

UCLA’s new AI-designed literature course has the worst-looking textbook cover I’ve ever seen.

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An annotated list of things Raymond Chandler hated recently sold for $2000 at auction.

An annotated list of things Raymond Chandler hated recently sold for $2000 at auction.

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Meet Brandon Kilbourne, winner of the 25th annual Cave Canem Prize.

Meet Brandon Kilbourne, winner of the 25th annual Cave Canem Prize.

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Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

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Tobias Carroll on When Speculative Fiction Starts to Feel Like Fact

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Don’t cross the Strand Workers Union picket line!

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Merve Emre on Gossip as Literary Form in Carmen Boullosa’s <em>Texas: The Great Theft</em>

Merve Emre on Gossip as Literary Form in Carmen Boullosa’s Texas: The Great Theft

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How Dr. Marie Zakrzewska Created Boston’s First Hospital By Women, For Women

How Dr. Marie Zakrzewska Created Boston’s First Hospital By Women, For Women

Lydia Reeder on the Ways Female Doctors Fought Against 19th-Century Medical Misogyny

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The Oddest Book Title of the Year Prize goes to <em>The Philosopher Fish.</em>

The Oddest Book Title of the Year Prize goes to The Philosopher Fish.

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Beyond Postpartum Body Horror: How <em>Nightbitch</em> Finds a Secret Third Destiny For New Mothers

Beyond Postpartum Body Horror: How Nightbitch Finds a Secret Third Destiny For New Mothers

Janet Manley on Marielle Heller’s Adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s Novel

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